Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 198 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 54% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6037.07 on Thursday, April 16th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 15, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 47.93 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 60.74% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 309,858 acre feet

This is 113.17% of the average of 273,809 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 137,468 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 153,525 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 172,390 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 235.09% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 35.08% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is up 0.33 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is at high for water year and up 16.63 feet from the low.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is up 0.89 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Apr 16, 2026
6037.07
0.01
1,030,149
408
323
69.3
32.5
Wed, Apr 15, 2026
6037.06
0.06
1,030,046
668
322
67.5
32.4
Tue, Apr 14, 2026
6037.00
0.06
1,029,430
697
318
59.0
40.1
Mon, Apr 13, 2026
6036.94
0.06
1,028,814
656
312
66.2
42.1
Sun, Apr 12, 2026
6036.88
0.04
1,028,198
549
309
67.8
38.7
Sat, Apr 11, 2026
6036.84
0.05
1,027,788
597
307
64.9
48.4
Fri, Apr 10, 2026
6036.79
0.11
1,027,275
910
307
75.9
47.8
Thu, Apr 09, 2026
6036.68
0.08
1,026,148
744
291
78.1
39.2
Wed, Apr 08, 2026
6036.60
0.05
1,025,329
552
263
76.8
40.1
Tue, Apr 07, 2026
6036.55
0.10
1,024,817
850
260
73.4
46.4
Mon, Apr 06, 2026
6036.45
0.07
1,023,795
721
254
69.8
40.5
Sun, Apr 05, 2026
6036.38
0.11
1,023,079
896
255
70.3
32.0
Sat, Apr 04, 2026
6036.27
0.09
1,021,956
771
256
65.7
28.9
Fri, Apr 03, 2026
6036.18
0.12
1,021,038
927
257
55.9
34.7
Averages of List
6036.69
0.07
1,026,276
710.4
288.1
68.6
38.8

Averages for April 16th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6050.71
-13.64
1,242,197
2200.75
1080.98
67.35
35.53
All-Time
6036.69
0.38
1,129,730
2151.73
1057.97
67.35
35.53

Last 10 April 16th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, Apr 16, 2025
6036.74
0.33
1,026,763
1177
468
77.9
47.7
Tue, Apr 16, 2024
6041.32
-4.25
1,074,578
1348
395
64.6
41.8
Sun, Apr 16, 2023
6035.67
1.40
1,015,846
4221
293
68.5
37.6
Sat, Apr 16, 2022
6019.89
17.18
865,207
826
513
76.0
37.0
Fri, Apr 16, 2021
6034.06
3.01
1,049,971
1104
538
59.0
31.0
Thu, Apr 16, 2020
6055.39
-18.32
1,290,262
865
566
65.0
30.0
Tue, Apr 16, 2019
6031.05
6.02
1,019,144
2686
338
74.0
36.0
Mon, Apr 16, 2018
6050.74
-13.67
1,234,271
1020
938
72.0
46.0
Sun, Apr 16, 2017
6073.79
-36.72
1,533,867
4128
474
73.0
37.0
Sat, Apr 16, 2016
6069.22
-32.15
1,469,782
2033
498
50.0
35.0
Averages of List
6044.99
-7.92
1,160,222
2036
493
66.8
41.3


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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